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JIM’S INSIGHTS

Futurist Jim Carroll has quickly become recognized as your ‘go-to source’ for effective insight on what comes next, the strategies that you consider, and the leadership path you need to follow.

TRENDS INSIGHTS

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!

The Future, Post-Covid : What’s Your Plan?

A short little video clip that will get you thinking – what’s your plan? What are you going to do?

Virtual Events – Maybe You Should Focus on Short, Sharp Shocks – with Customized Event Videos!

I’m seeing a lot of buzz within my global leadership client base about the need for short, customized, professionally produced pre-filmed videos that can take the place of virtual online events and keynotes. This might include a pre-filmed video of TV production broadcast quality for internal distribution, or a series of weekly videos on a […]

Trends: Why The Weeknd Show Was the Perfect Metaphor for Your Future

A quick little observation. That is all! The video I reference is right here! Some some facts about your future: 68% percent of organizations have said that global pandemic has forced them to adapt and change their business model 77% recognize the need for systemic change in their operations 82% believe a more challenging economy […]

Video: “What trends to watch for in 2021: We asked a futurist!”

A young journalist from CBC Kids wanted to interview me; the CBC is the national broadcaster in my country of Canada. I decided I should do it from within a spaceship! So I went out and got myself one. I’m at 3:59. Give it a watch. Alexia has wonderful journalistic skills for such a young age! […]

Keynote: Wilbur Ellis: The Future of Agriculture – 100th anniversary leadership meeting

Wilbur Ellis, a major global agricultural organization, had me in to keynote their 100th-anniversary leadership meeting, held over a 3-day period online. I gave them a 1 hour highly interactive session with lots of Q&A, text message polling, and cutting-edge content. Virtual worlds when done right. Learn more at virtual.jimcarroll.com

What 2020 Taught Me About My 2021! Aligning to New Realities and Defining New Opportunities!

I hit the virtual broadcast studio in my basement yesterday, and filmed a story around what I learned from 2020 …. Here’s what I know: speed matters : agility is everything acceptance of reality was key : that became a fuel for momentum optimism ruled : attitude was everything action mattered : indecision failed reality shattered […]

Notable Keynotes: Lessons in Leadership for our Post Pandemic Recovery – Pfizer and the Acceleration of Healthcare!

Just over a year ago, Pfizer had me in to open a senior global leadership team meeting, with a talk that looked at the future of healthcare. This was the summary that I wrote about what I covered: The rapid evolution of genomic science, the acceleration of gene therapy, the virtualization of healthcare with medical […]

Notable Keynotes: Lessons in Leadership for our Post Pandemic Recovery – The Swiss Innovation Forum and Skiing!

A clip for my Notable Keynotes – Lessons in Leadership For Our Eventual Post-Pandemic Recovery series – about my keynote for the Swiss Innovation Forum in Zurich. As a new late-in-life skier (I took it up at the age of 40!), there was a lot of links between my innovation message and my experience learning to […]

What’s Your Plan for 2021?

A video playlist to help you think about your future. Some people see the future and see a threat – innovators see the same future and see opportunity!

2021 : Innovation = Transformation. What’s Your Plan?

2021! What’s your plan? Strategy? Goals? Have you even started to think through how you will reinvent your tomorrow to align with the new realities imposed by today?

Revisiting My 2017 Post: “What Comes Next with The Decline of an Empire” – Pre-Election Edition

I wrote a blog post in 2017, based on a talk I gave to an overseas client. Trends: What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire? I’m not quite sure how I will update it you yet – I’ll do that once our future becomes clear – but I did film this! You can’t […]

Article: “Futurist Sees an Already Fast Industry Getting Faster” – My Upcoming Keynote on the Future of Retail

In November, I will be speaking – virtually, of course – at the P2PX Expo. It’s a major retail event that examines, in real time, issues surrounding consumer behaviour and interaction in the retail space. I was originally scheduled to do this in-person in Chicago in May, and obviously, that changed! But I was interviewed […]

Video: What Comes Next with the Decline of an Empire?

Lots of opportunity for other nations! Watch!

Revisiting Your Disruptive Future : Are You Ready for Your Next 5 Years?

I returned to my virtual broadcast studio yesterday, and filmed a video as to this fact – while you’ve been busy managing your pandemic reality, the future has still continued it’s relentless, disruptive march. You need to make sure you are still aligned to what comes next!

Video Playlist: The Trends that Define Your Post Pandemic Future

Maybe you’ve been stuck in the 7 stages of pandemic grief – anger, denial, bargaining. The smart ones among us moved to ‘acceptance’ a long time ago – including myself. What will your post pandemic future look like? If you aren’t thinking about it now, you won’t have the strategies to get you to this […]

Video: “Rethinking Your Future: How Has the Global Pandemic Changed The Axis of Your Universe?”

Your universe has shifted forever as a result of Covid-19 and the global pandemic. Have you? These are the 10 new rules that should guide your strategy, enlighten your leadership, and move you forward!

Daily Inspiration: “The axis of your universe has shifted forever. Did you shift with it?”

“The axis of your universe has shifted forever. Did you shift with it?” – Futurist Jim Carroll I’m releasing a new video this morning – “Rethinking Your Future: How Has the Global Pandemic Changed The Axis of Your Universe?”. Based on some work I was doing for a client in the energy sector, the video […]

Daily Inspiration: “Successful people tend to arrive in the future before the future does!”

“Successful people tend to arrive in the future before the future does!” – Futurist Jim Carroll A frame grab from a pre-event video that was produced for me by my fantastic overseas video partner Armine, aka “Alex.” Ok-doke! It rocks! Watch the video! I’ve started including these videos – short, sharp shocks of pre-event insight […]

Video: The Rapid Emergence of New Careers!

I’ve got a TON of video to share from my virtual keynote earlier this week on the topic of the future of education. Here’s the first – all about the rapid emergence of new careers. It features some context with the career path of my oldest son, who now works as a ‘location intelligence professional’ […]

Daily Inspiration: “Face facts: your business model is faced with a surge of inevitability. Innovate & adapt – don’t give up & surrender!”

“Face facts: your business model is faced with a surge of inevitability. Innovate & adapt – don’t give up & surrender!” – Futurist Jim Carroll So yesterday morning I had a bit of a rant in this post, stating my belief that the global meetings, event and convention industry is pretty delusional – we won’t […]

Daily Inspiration: ““There’s a lot of ‘guessticating’ going around right now. You might want to forecast your future on something more than just an estimate or a hunch!”

“There’s a lot of ‘guessticating’ going around right now. You might want to forecast your future on something more than just an estimate or a hunch!” – Futurist Jim Carroll Guessticating – you are probably surrounded by it every single day. Heck, you are probably making a few guessticates every day too! Think about it […]

Video: “You need a gut-check. A reality slam to the side of your head.”

You need a gut-check. A reality slam to the side of your head. Our old world is gone. We’re building a strange, new, different one. If you aren’t aligned to that fact, then you will wake up at some point in the future and ask, “how was I so dumb?” Go through the list in […]

Aggressive Indecision 2020: How Organizations Are Failing By Freezing FAST! (Hint: Accept Your New Covid-19 Reality)

It seems there are a lot of people reading my new book, “Think Small, Delay Now, Scale Slow!” They so busy thinking that Covid-19 will ‘soon be over’ that they aren’t reinventing themselves for our new future. The result? They’re going to be left far, far behind. I’m watching people, organizations, associations and how they […]

Article: “Innovating for the future: 5 ideas that could emerge post-COVID”

The job of a futurist, of course, is to predict the future! And since this ‘thing’ began, I’ve been working behind the scenes furiously, analyzing, thinking, pandering, researching, observing. Here’s a quick little hit of an article that covers just a few of my thoughts. Innovating for the future: 5 ideas that could emerge post-COVID […]